Comments Thread For: Crawford, Inoue Make Boxing Even Greater Than It's Been in Years

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - You can always count on the old guys. The purists. The traditionalists. The types who suggest boxing would be made great again if we could simply return a few generations back to the time when fighters were in it for the fans and competition, not the money and fame. It's easy to recognize them.
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[Theshotyoudontsee]

It's fun to imagine dream matches with fighters from different eras. But in the end it means nothing. One thing that seems obvious, being a boxing fan for 35 years now, we are now in an era of less talent across the board. I said years ago, Crawford is a throwback, he could compete in any era. Inoue has great skill, but he has yet to meet an opponent who is in their prime and elite. He may end up an all timer.

Loma had all timer skill. He got started too late in the pros and age+years of amateur related injuries robbed him of true greatness. Inoue still has years left. His power may not carry to 126 as well. And Robiesy Ramirez is a special talent. He can crack and Inoue gets hit. Love watching Inoue but Ramirez will be a huge test for him.

[vinnieq]

Why attach Inoue to Crawford's name??
Crawford is no.1. It took a long time to figure the P4P out conclusively. Two top 5 pound 4 pounders competing and one won emphatically.
Usyk is the only one close to what Crawford has done. And Usyk is not as skilled or athletic.

[Bronx2245]

Oleksandr Usyk Names The Pound-For-Pound Best Fighter Today
08/15/2023 - By James Slater

Currently, the debate rages over who the very best fighter on the planet is, pound-for-pound. It’s seen by almost everyone as a two-horse race, between Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue. One man who has made his pick and has shown some modesty as he could have listed himself as the number-one guy in the mythical charts we all love to argue about so, is reigning WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk.

Usyk, speaking with Boxing Physique, said the following:

“First it’s Terence Crawford, second is [Naoya] Inoue.”

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...r-today/267299

[Bronx2245]

Meet the teen boxing sensation already sparring champs and dubbed ‘next Floyd Mayweather’ by unbeaten legend himself
Jul 2 2023

CURMEL Moton is the teenage amateur boxing sensation being dubbed "the next Floyd Mayweather" by the main man himself.

Still only aged 17, Moton is ranked No1 in Team USA with an astonishing 18 amateur titles to his name.

The featherweight is making waves on the international scene but also behind-closed-doors back home in Las Vegas.

At just 16, he sparred world champion and pound-for-pound star Gervonta Davis, with the two already being compared.

Moton has also received the backing of current champs Errol Spence Jr, Shakur Stevenson and Rolando Romero.

But perhaps the greatest honour of all, he is being touted as boxing's next big thing by its former pay-per-view king.

Mayweather, 46, said: "We don't know who's going to be the next Floyd Mayweather.

"But I truly believe this could be the next Floyd Mayweather."

Despite the praise coming in thick and fast for Moton, the teen talent remains cool, calm and collected.

He told FightHype: "I can handle the pressure. I've been putting work in my whole life and I'm used to it.

"I've been doing this since a little kid so it's nothing new to me."

Nicknamed “Big Deal" he is currently mentored by Mayweather and will turn professional on his say so after being tipped to go all the way.

Moton revealed: "(Mayweather) said I'm going to be a future world champion. That's the goal, to be the best in the sport one day.

"We're going to keep working hard and we're going to get there."

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/boxing...eather-boxing/

MAYWEATHER'S NEXT "BIG DEAL" CURMEL MOTON SPARRED GERVONTA DAVIS; 16 Y/O REVEALS WHAT FLOYD TOLD HIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QmInxBcQdw

[Oldskoolg]

So does this mean the “boxing is dead” slogan by all the little geeked out suburbanite ufc incel fans is rubbish?

[Lefty0616]

I think the title should've been Crawford, Spence, Tank, and Garcia makes boxing greater...

These were two cases in which these boxers came together to give the fans and the sport of boxing something great, knowing that there would be those that lost.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

So does this mean the “boxing is dead” slogan by all the little geeked out suburbanite ufc incel fans is rubbish?

UFC is far more popular these days sadly. I cannot stand UFC, it is terrible. But the "protection of the 0" has really destroyed the sport of boxing over the last decade.

Bud and Spence should have happened two years ago, but PBC protected Errol. Davis vs Garcia was a youtube fight that ******. Jake Paul is a draw in the sport, that really says it all.

The old timers are right. It is really just a side effect of a world over saturated with ******ity and a change in society. Boxing is both beautiful and horrific, and falls into the "takes too long for the modern attention span" category, most of the time.

[ELPacman]

Honestly, I'm not too excited yet about Inoue. Perhaps he does win too easily or perhaps, Donaire aside, I haven't found his opponents all that worthy against him. He really makes them look easy, but I never thought his opponents were that great yet besides Donaire. Obviously he blasted Donaire in rematch, but the first Donaire fight was a true test and Donaire gave him hell for the entire fight.

Crawford on the other hand has been a lot of fun watching come up. I remember attending his match against Hank Lundy in MSG Theater back when I had no idea what he would become in the future. Just thought he was an entertaining dude to watch. He's weird because he's good at boxing without making it look like he's boxing at times. He does love to get into a scrap and typically over powers his opponents in those moments.

I'm glad he's finally arrived at the big stage, but unfortunately, at his age, we won't see too many more great performances. That's the part that sucks when these guys wait forever to face each other. I think of Pac or Trinidad who faced legends at early ages (22 years old, 24years old) and that was when they arrived at the big stage. From there, it was just hot matches after hot matches for the most part and their career seemed to go on forever.

[JOITATS]

Honestly, I'm not too excited yet about Inoue. Perhaps he does win too easily or perhaps, Donaire aside, I haven't found his opponents all that worthy against him. He really makes them look easy, but I never thought his opponents were that great yet besides Donaire. Obviously he blasted Donaire in rematch, but the first Donaire fight was a true test and Donaire gave him hell for the entire fight.

Some ppl say 36 yr old donaire gave inoue hell. which he did.
but dont u think it has 99% to do with the fact that he got caught with a good punch in round 2 that left him seeing double vision for 10 rounds?
I find it even more impressive that Inoue won despite not having a feel for the distance.
That is prob the only time in his career that he’s been hit that clean. It hasn’t happened since.

Fulton is his best opponent. No one did what he did to Fulton, Rodriguez, Narvaez. Taguchi was also the golden boy at that that wgt. All destroyed high level champs. Inoue has exceeded all expectations so far.